Birthday celebrator shot, bludgeoned to death

DINGRAS, Ilocos Norte, March 20–On the eve of his 34th birthday and fiesta night, Jonathan Dumlao and several friends celebrated his natal day at a nearby beer joint in Bry. Madamba, this town.

Sadly, it was his last birthday happy moments. Police said his body was found later slumped in the pavement. It bore gunshot and stab wounds. Maybe, he was also bludgeoned in the head, investigators said.

Ilocos Sentinel Newspaper is published weekly in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte since Year 2006. It is widely circulated in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, CAR and the entire Philippines. The clan Guiangs behind this paper are the proud direct descendants of DON MARTIN GUIANG, founder of the town of Paoay, Ilocos Norte and first chief executive of Paoay town (1701-1704).

About Ilocos Sentinel

Ilocos Sentinel is a community-based weekly newspaper established on June 19, 2006 in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, located nearly 500 kilometers away north of Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

This weekly newspaper is of general circulation in Laoag City, Batac City, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Abra, Pangasinan, Apayao, Cagayan Valley and many parts of the Philippines.